Chardin (John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies, 1st edition, 1686
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Chardin (John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies... To which is added the Coronation of this present King of Persia, Solyman the Third, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Moses Pitt, 1686, engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Loggan (dated 1643, repairs to verso), additional engraved title, folding map, 16 engraved plates, one or two leaves detaching, a few tears and small repairs, some mainly marginal damp stains and soiling, a few small marginal wormtracks, some insect damage to fore margins of later endpapers, later calf with red and black labels (one label rubbed), a few stains, small wormtrack to lower cover, folio
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Cox I, pp. 249-50; ESTC R12885; Wing C2043.
First English edition, published concurrently with the French edition. Shah Abbas II (and his successor son Suleiman I) had made Chardin his agent for the purchase of jewels in 1666, and the book describes his travels to Persia via India and Russia from 1664-69 and 1671-77 and his account is a highly regarded and reliable source of information on the court, art, religion and culture of Safavid Persia.
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Sold for £680
Chardin (John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies... To which is added the Coronation of this present King of Persia, Solyman the Third, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Moses Pitt, 1686, engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Loggan (dated 1643, repairs to verso), additional engraved title, folding map, 16 engraved plates, one or two leaves detaching, a few tears and small repairs, some mainly marginal damp stains and soiling, a few small marginal wormtracks, some insect damage to fore margins of later endpapers, later calf with red and black labels (one label rubbed), a few stains, small wormtrack to lower cover, folio
(Qty: 1)
Cox I, pp. 249-50; ESTC R12885; Wing C2043.
First English edition, published concurrently with the French edition. Shah Abbas II (and his successor son Suleiman I) had made Chardin his agent for the purchase of jewels in 1666, and the book describes his travels to Persia via India and Russia from 1664-69 and 1671-77 and his account is a highly regarded and reliable source of information on the court, art, religion and culture of Safavid Persia.
